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In her provocative new book Rednecks, Queers, and Country Music, Nadine Hubbs looks at how class and gender identity play out in one of America's most culturally and politically charged forms of popular music. Skillfully weaving historical inquiry with an examination of classed cultural reperto...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hubbs, Nadine (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Homosexuality and popular music.
Country music > Social aspects.
Country music.
MUSIC > General.
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Theory.
Homosexualite et musique populaire > États-Unis.
Homosexuality and popular music > United States.
Country music > Social aspects > United States.
Country music > History and criticism.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In her provocative new book Rednecks, Queers, and Country Music, Nadine Hubbs looks at how class and gender identity play out in one of America's most culturally and politically charged forms of popular music. Skillfully weaving historical inquiry with an examination of classed cultural repertoires and close listening to country songs, Hubbs confronts the shifting and deeply entangled workings of taste, sexuality, and class politics. In Hubbs's view, the popular phrase ""I'll listen to anything but country"" allows middle-class Americans to declare inclusive ""omnivore"" musical tastes with one
Physical Description:1 online resource (212 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780520958340

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